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piecesof8:

--- Quote from: Mikezilla on February 01, 2011, 11:30:58 am ---Is it just in these forums that I hear about "physical media being dead" or what? I have heard that numerous times on these boards. It confounds me. My only beef with netflix is their poor streaming content. Everything else is great, I have never recieved a cracked disc, or an unreadable one.

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I wasn't totally serious when I said that... I don't really think it's dead, but I think there are definite signs that the "old" model for getting temporary access to content - i.e. renting a physical disc - will eventually go away in favor of streaming. I don't see how it could ever fully replace physical media though, because you'll still have people who want to own their favorite movies in the best quality format. Unless I'm the only one who cares how they look.  :dunno

Ginsu Victim:
I've only had to replace two unwatchable rentals from Netflix since I started using the service in August.

ChadTower:

I wonder how much that has to do with the genres being rented.  I don't usually watch A list stuff or new releases.  I was always scoping around special interests, sports events, D level horror movies, kung fu movies, etc.  The discs I was getting were definitely not new discs and often had a waitlist on them.

hyiu:
joined netflix for years... I think I have about 5 cracked, skipping or wrong discs total...
I think service is good... since first few years, I have 3 discs at once, and I was really working on them.
they also have quick turn around.

I only have DSL, but streaming on a 15 in laptop is better quality than I expect.
never tried on a big lcd, but I would suspect quality should be comparable to dvd, maybe better...

Bootay:

--- Quote from: hyiu on February 01, 2011, 02:14:27 pm ---joined netflix for years... I think I have about 5 cracked, skipping or wrong discs total...
I think service is good... since first few years, I have 3 discs at once, and I was really working on them.
they also have quick turn around.

I only have DSL, but streaming on a 15 in laptop is better quality than I expect.
never tried on a big lcd, but I would suspect quality should be comparable to dvd, maybe better...



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It is...and they have HD content as well.

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